The Taliban Have Killed 36 Afghan Employees of a Construction Company

The Taliban have killed 36 workers Thursday – Afghan and Pakistani – have a construction company, in an attack that lasted several hours in the night, in eastern Afghanistan, the company said, quoted by AFP.

It is the bloodiest attack in a commando assault on a bank Taliban in Jalalabad (east), where police came to raise wages, assault resulting in 38 deaths, 20 February.

“36 of our employees have been killed and injured large numbers,” he told Sky Galaxy road construction company, Noorullah Bidar.

Guards, engineers and workers figure among the victims, he said. The complex is located near a road construction site in Paktia province.

The attack began at 2.00 am at night (21.30 GMT) and fighting between Taliban and company guards lasted several hours.

Sky Galaxy director said he did not know the reasons for the attack. In 2009, a suicide bombing killed 16 in the same area of ​​company workers, who worked on the same road project. ”I do this to prevent us from rebuilding Afghanistan,” he said.

A Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, claimed the attack and claimed that the attackers killed 40 people. It did not mention any losses among the attackers nor the reasons for the attack.

A spokeswoman for the governor of Paktia said that eight Taliban were killed.

Paktia Province is situated on the border with North Waziristan in Pakistan’s tribal areas.

Like neighboring Paktika and Khost provinces, Paktia Haqqani network is one of the bastions, one of the major movements of the Taliban rebellion.

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